vehicle maintenance supervisor
Vehicle maintenance supervisors assume responsibility for the day-to-day operation of a service station.
vehicle maintenance supervisor vehicle maintenance supervisors assume responsibility for the day-to-day operation of a service station. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include car controls, types of vehicles, teamwork principles, guarantee customer satisfaction, follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £37,458 a year for Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £30,000 to £44,594 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 5231). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Craft and related trades workers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only vehicle maintenance supervisor, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 7. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- Administration and Management
- Mechanical
- Customer and Personal Service
- Administrative
- Personnel and Human Resources
- English Language
- Mathematics
- Computers and Electronics
What you'd actually do
- Inspect, test, and measure completed work, using devices such as hand tools or gauges to verify conformance to standards or repair requirements.
- Inspect and monitor work areas, examine tools and equipment, and provide employee safety training to prevent, detect, and correct unsafe conditions or violations of procedures and safety rules.
- Interpret specifications, blueprints, or job orders to construct templates and lay out reference points for workers.
- Monitor employees' work levels and review work performance.
- Perform skilled repair or maintenance operations, using equipment such as hand or power tools, hydraulic presses or shears, or welding equipment.
- Compute estimates and actual costs of factors such as materials, labor, or outside contractors.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does vehicle maintenance supervisor do?
Vehicle maintenance supervisors assume responsibility for the day-to-day operation of a service station.
What skills does vehicle maintenance supervisor need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include car controls, types of vehicles, teamwork principles, guarantee customer satisfaction, follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health, identify vehicles service requirements. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace vehicle maintenance supervisor?
Our AI-durability model gives vehicle maintenance supervisor a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.